robbie shirkowski

It's that time of year for a lot of us. I have always stored the corvette in a garage separate from the everyday drivers. However,this year I think I will store the vette in the same garage as the everyday cars. Question is with all of the snow and slush will it hurt the vette? I am worried about the dampness rusting the frame and some of the electrical connections. The garage is heated. Thanks

Dodosmike

I just moved mine from warm storage to cold storage for this winter.

Is your garage warm enough to keep the floor/cars dry? I think your going to be fine.

Ive stored mine (heated) for 9 years in a row with no noticeable change in the original frame "rust" since I bought it.

dodosmike

jhudec

I put mine in a car bubble. I am in northern ohio, attached garage, but not heated. I only fire up the heater when I need to do some work out there.
The car bubble circulates air through the vehicle, without it I would have condensation on everything, then rust.

AkrHack

I wonder just how much more humidity there really is in the winter with the presence of melting snow/slush compared to a humid and rainy summer day. If it is worse in the winter I may consider a bubble like jhudec uses to prevent an acceleration in frame rust.

I'd really like to hear from other members in the northern climates who keep their cars in unheated garages over the winter without encasing it in a bubble. Have you noticed an increase in frame rust from year to year?

jhudec

It is the humidity/dampness combined with the cold temperatures creates condensation. This does not occur in the summer when it is even more humid because it stays warm. I had used a car bag before that you zipped the car into and you then place moisture absorbing bags inside, worked well, but the bubble is better. I picked mine up from a forum member who no longer needed it.
Just a bit more info.
Joe

Mike Ward

There is no condensation or rust if the storage place is kept below the dew point. It's opening the garage door on warmer days that causes problems. The air inside the bubble is the same relative humidity as outside.............

Mick71

I live in SW Pa. and keep mine in a dry, unheated, detached garage and my brake rotors don't even get rusty.

71scgc

The wild swings in temp. is what results in condensation, winter or summer.

M. Ward is right...

Carter

AkrHack

It sounds like more than one person feels that the swings in temperature is the cause for condensation. The OP's garage is heated. Perhaps that will lessen the extreme variations in temperature and therefore reduce the condensation.

Mike Ward

The physics behind it is no more mysterious than condensation on a cold can of beer on a warm summer day.

briankeery

Cold can of beer on a warm summer day would be pretty good about now.........

Mick71

Hot chocolate by the fire maybe?

Dodosmike

...hey!.......

Dodosmike

briankeery

Didn't have my camera handy..........luckily your yard looked IDENTICAL to mine.....FFS!!!! Plus I had to take her to storage today.